Restaurant

We sent an omnivorous writer out to find vegetarian food in Ottawa that will satisfy both vegetarians and their meat-eating pals.

Let’s face it: sometimes work makes you want to drink.

Town and Oz were followed by El Camino, Datsun then Pure and Whalesbone opened branches; Elgin Street is experiencing a full-on foodie renaissance, and its latest contender comes in the arrival of new-to-Ottawa gem Common Eatery. The restaurant, which opened several weeks ago, is part of wider collective aptly named Common that includes the Common Concept […]

Post by Erin Morrissey After the Celtic Cross Irish Pub closed, I heard that Fairouz, a new upscale Middle Eastern restaurant, would be taking its place at 343 Somerset Street West. My experience with Middle Eastern food to date had been limited to shawarma so I was excited to see what an upscale take on […]

Post by Anne K. Remember back in the grade school days when you would open up your lunch box and see the comfort foods that were lovingly packed by mom or dad? Well you can now relive those moments but the days of bologna and spam sandwiches are long gone and I guess mom or dad […]

Nested in Hintonburg, Carben Food + Drink has made an impression on the Ottawa food scene. Foodies across the city rave about their unique use of your not-so-typical ingredients. After opening up earlier this summer, the restaurant received a rave review in Ottawa Magazine, but the review omits an important aspect – Carben’s cocktails. Bartender Stephane Duval, talks […]

Throughout the year, Apartment613 will be partnering with the National Arts Centre to bring you restaurant reviews by musicians who are part of the new all-Canadian NAC Presents concert series. In this edition, we sent wife-and-husband duo Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet of Whitehorse to a classic Ottawa haunt: The Green Door Restaurant. And each […]

As Ottawa’s love affair with the beer brewing industry rages on, hot and heavy, new brew pubs seem to be popping up every other day. Last year saw the opening of so many such establishments that to list them all here would be futile. Instead, take a gape at our beer map. Yup. There’s a […]

Hintonburg is quickly becoming one of the best – if not the best – neighbourhoods in Ottawa for trying delicious cuisine. With a wide range of restaurants offering numerous tasty dishes, this area just west of downtown is developing into a foodie’s paradise. The newest food establishment in Hintonburg is set to join this illustrious […]